Fiction is to the grown man what play is to the child; it is there that he changes the atmosphere and tenor of his life. Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes by Robert Louis Stevenson More Quotes From Robert Louis Stevenson The truth that is suppressed by friends is the readiest weapon of the enemy. Robert Louis Stevenson weaponstruthenemy There is a fellowship more quiet even than solitude, and which, rightly understood, is solitude made perfect. Robert Louis Stevenson fellowshipsolitudeperfect Take care of each other. Robert Louis Stevenson take-carecareinspirational Little do ye know your own blessedness; for to travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive, and the true success is to labour. Robert Louis Stevenson blessednesshopefullylittles Compromise is the best and cheapest lawyer. Robert Louis Stevenson lawyercompromise Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity. Robert Louis Stevenson ambitiouswisdompeople Wine is bottled poetry. Robert Louis Stevenson drinkingfoodlove I have a little shadow that goes in and out with me, And what can be the use of him is more than I can see. Robert Louis Stevenson shadowuselittles The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys. Robert Louis Stevenson girlteachingsex Quiet minds cannot be perplexed or frightened but go on in fortune or misfortune at their own private pace, like a clock during a thunderstorm. Robert Louis Stevenson entrepreneurperspectivehappiness He is not easy to describe. There is something wrong with his appearance; something displeasing, something downright detestable. I never saw a man I so disliked, and yet I scarce know why. He must be deformed somewhere; he gives a strong feeling of deformity, although I couldn’t specify the point. He’s an extraordinary-looking man, and yet I really can name nothing out of the way. No sir; I can make no hand of it; I can’t describe him. And it’s not want of memory; for I declare I can see him this moment. Robert Louis Stevenson strongmenmemories With every day, and from both sides of my intelligence, the moral and the intellectual, I thus drew steadily nearer to the truth, by whose partial discovery I have been doomed to such a dreadful shipwreck: that man is not truly one, but truly two. Robert Louis Stevenson discoverymentwo The rain is falling all around, It falls on field and tree, It rains on the umbrellas here, And on the ships at sea. - Rain Robert Louis Stevenson searainfall We live in an ascending scale when we live happily, one thing leading to another in an endless series. Robert Louis Stevenson joyhappinesslife Love- what is love? A great and aching heart; Wrung hands; and silence; and a long despair Robert Louis Stevenson heartlonghands You have no idea, unless you have tried it, how endlessly long is a summer's day, that you measure out only by hunger, and bring to an end only when you are drowsy. Robert Louis Stevenson summerlongideas Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong. Robert Louis Stevenson agesidesmay Although I may express myself with some degree of pleasantry the purport of my words is entirely serious. Robert Louis Stevenson pleasantriesdegreesserious To be wholly devoted to some intellectual exercise is to have succeeded in life. Robert Louis Stevenson intelligentexerciseinspirational Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things. Robert Louis Stevenson businessworkmen
